Wagon-brake.



No. 669,344. Patented Mar. 5, |901.

E. L. MOORE. l wAGoN BRAKE.

(Application filed Nov. 22, 1900.;

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(No Model.)

A TTOHNEYS (No Model.)

Patented Mar. 5, 190|.

E. L. MOORE.

W AG 0 N B R A K E.

(Applicgtiony led Nov. 22, 1900.1

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EDVARD L. MOORE, OF SUNDANOE, WYOMING, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAMB. OGDEN AND SUSAN H. CARLILE-KENT, OF SAME PLACE.

WAGON-BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N o. 669,344, dated March 5,1901. Application led November 22, 1900. Serial No. 37,329. A(No model.)

T LZZ whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, EDWARD L. MOORE, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Sundance, in the county of Crook and State of Wyoming,have invented a new and Improved Wagon-Brake, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in brakes for wagons; and theobjects are to proio vide a brake of simple construction that may bereadily applied to any wagon and will act automatically while travelingdowngrades, the pressure of the brake on the wheels being regulated to agreater' or less degree by the i 5 degree of inclination and theload-weight,and,

further, to provide a simple means for preventing the brake from brakingaction when it is desired to back the vehicle.

I will describe a wagon-brake embodying zo my invention and then pointout the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevationot a wagon and brake mechanism embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view. Fig. 3 is a section on the line3 3 of Fig. l. Fig. Lis a section 3o on the line 44 of Fig. l. Fig. 5 isa section on the line 5 5 of Fig. l, and Fig. 6 is a section on the line6 6 of Fig. l.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates the brake-beam, supported byhangers 11, pivotally connected to a cross-bar 12, attached to the upperside of the rear braces 13. On the ends of the brake-beam arebrake-shoes 14, and extended forward from the center of the beam is aplate 15, to which alever 16 is pivotally attached between its ends.From the upper end of the lever 16 a link 17 extends to a connectionwith a sleeve 18, mounted to move longitudinally on the reach 19. Fromthe sleeve 18 a push-rod 20 extends and connects pivotally at itsforward end with a pushplate 21, which at its forward end has connectionwith a bolt or bar 22, extended trans- -versely through the pole 23. Theplate 21 is provided with a slot 24, through which the 5o king-bolt 25passes. The ends of the bolt or bar 22 extend into slots 26, formedlongitudinally on the inner sides of the front sections of the hounds.

In'operation while the vehicle is moving down a hill it will be movedforward relatively to the tongue as the ends of the bolt 22 may move inthe slots 26. This of course will throw the thrust of the pole upon thehorses, which by holding back slightly will prevent a forward movementof the pole relatively to the 6o vehicle. This movement of the vehiclerelatively to the pole will swing the brake-shoes into engagement withthe rear wheels, and, as before stated, the degree of pressure of theshoes upon the wheels will be regulated by the weight of the load andthe grade of the hill.

I provide means for operating the brake manually when so desired. Thismeans consists of a link 27, extended from the lower end 7o of the lever16 to a connection with the crank end of a rock-shaft 28, mounted torockin bearings 29, attached to the rear axle. On the outer end of therock-shaft 28 is an upwardlyextended arm 30, from which a draw-rod 3l 75extends to a connection with a hand-lever 32, mounted to swing on thebody of the vehicle and having a spring-dog adapted to engage in any oneof a series of notches formed in a rackbar 33, attached to thewagon-body. 8o

The brake may be locked or prevented from moving to a braking positionby moving the hand-lever back until its dog engages in the rear notch34. When it is desired, however, to operate the brake automatically,first described, the hand-lever must be left locked at the middle of therack, and obviously the brake may be set by hand by moving the handleverforward and engaging its dog in a notch of the rack-bar. 9o

When a body is not used on the vehicle, the arm 30 may be held by meansof a loop 35, pivoted to the end of the rear bolster and adapted toengage its bifurcated end with the arm 30, the ends 'being provided withopen- 95 ings through which the fastening-bolt 3 6 may be passed toengage against the front of s aid arm.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. A vehicle-brake,comprising a brake-bar IOO mountedto swing, shoes on said bar, a lever pivoted to the forward side of saidbrake-bar, a sleeve mounted to slide longitudinally of thevehicle-reach, a link connection between said lever and the sleeve, apole having sliding connection with the vehicle-hounds, a plate extendedfrom said pole and having an opening through which the king-bolt of thevehicle passes, and a rod connection between said plate and the slidingsleeve, substantially as specified.

2. A vehicle-brake, Comprising a swinging brakebar, shoes on saidbrake-bar, a lever pivoted to the front side of said bar, a pole havingsliding connection with the vehiclehounds, a connection between saidpole and the upper end of said lever, a roekshaft rearward of thebrake-bar, a link connection between the lower end of said lever and acrank on the rock-shaft, an arm extended upward from the outer end ofsaid rock-shaft, a hand-lever forward of the brake-bar, and a draw-rodconnection between said arm and `the hand-lever, substantially asspecified.

3. A vehicle-brake, comprising a swinging brake-bar, shoes on said bar,a lever pivoted to the front side of said bar, a pole having slidingconnection with the vehicle-hounds, a connection between said pole andthe upper end of said lever, a rock-shaft, a link eonneetion between acrank on said rock-shaft and the lower end of said lever, an armextended upward from said rock-shaft, and a loop pivoted on the vehiclefor engaging the said arm to hold the brake in an inoperative position,su bstantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

EDWARD L. MOORE.

Witnesses:

MELVIN NICHOLS, A. E. HoYT.

